Paraffin Technique, Cells, Epithelium Flashcards

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INSTRUMENTS USED IN THE STUDY
OF HISTOLOGY

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  1. TISSUE CASSETTE/MOULDER
  2. PARAFFIN DISPENSER
  3. TISSUE BLOCK CUTTER
  4. ROTARY MICROTOME
  5. MICROTOME BLADES
  6. TISSUE FLOATER
  7. TISSUE SLIDE DRYER
  8. MICROSCOPE
  9. AUTOMATIC PROCESSOR
  10. H & E STAIN
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➢ Acquisition of tissue samples

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• From the slaughterhouse or thru biopsy
• The most critical step (time)
• Size of tissue to be collected –
match box

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➢Fixation of tissue samples

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 Fixatives denature the protein contents and inactivates the
enzymes of the tissue thereby rendering a almost in vivo condition
 Formaldehyde, picric acid, osmic acid, mercuric chloride, acetone
are common simple fixative
 However, no single fixative is commonly used
 10% NBF is the most commonly used
 Length of fixation depends on the size of the tissue

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➢ Washing of fixed tissues

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• Removal of excess fixative through running water

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➢Dehydration of washed tissue

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• Immersion of washed tissue to increasing concentration of alcohol (70-100% ethyl alcohol) to remove excess water.

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➢Clearing of dehydrated tissue

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 The removal of alcohol that has been introduced during dehydration
 Alcohol is not miscible with the paraffin embedding medium and should be removed
 Xylene is the most commonly used clearing agent

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➢Impregnation/infiltration of cleared tissue

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•Immersion of cleared tissue to paraffin solution that may permit cutting of thin sections w/out damage to tissue and
its cellular components

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➢Embedding/casting/blocking

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•Impregnated tissue is placed in molder or boat filled with melted paraffin and allowed to solidify to form block

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➢Trimming of tissue blocks

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•Paraffin blocks are then cut of excess paraffin to expose the tissue surface in preparation for actual
cutting

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➢Sectioning of tissue blocks

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•The cutting of tissue block into thin sections ( 5-7 microns) with the aid of a microtome, sections tend to form tissue ribbons

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➢Mounting of tissue sections into glass slides

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•Tissue” ribbons” are floated in warm water bath to stretch or flatten them
•Selected sections are then mounted onto a glass slides and allowed to dry ( air or oven)

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The removal of paraffin from the tissue sections by immersion to xylene.

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Deparaffinization

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13
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Introduction of water to deparaffinized sections through decreasing concentrations of alcohol (100-70%) to water in preparation for staining.

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Rehydration

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Routinely used is the H & E stain

  • Basic dye Hematoxylin react with the acidic components of the cell, the nucleus which stains blue
  • Acidic dye Eosin react to the basic cellular components of the cell, the cytoplasm that colors pink to red
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Staining with acid/base dyes

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Staining Process

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  1. Deparaffinization
  2. Rehydration
  3. Staining with acid/base dyes
  4. Washing
  5. Dehydration
  6. Clearing
  7. Mounting
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The smallest and basic unit structure of a protoplasm that can exist independently.

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Cell

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The collective term for the living substance of the cell of a plant or an animal.

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Protoplasm

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The sum of all chemical reactions occurring
within the cell.

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Metabolism

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A reaction resulting from the synthesis of new molecular components essential for growth, maintenance and repair

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Anabolism

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A reaction resulting to the degradation of cellular components with the release of energy

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Catabolism

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The ability of the cell to respond to stimuli in their
environment

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Irritability

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The ability of the cell to shorten along their long axes (special property of muscle)

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Contractility

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The ability of the cell to elaborate useful new substances.

Example - secretion of the hepatocytes of bile, pancreatic juice by the pancreas

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Secretion

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The ability of the cell to get rid of the waste product of metabolism.

Ex. Urine by the kidney, feces by the GIT

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Excretion

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The ability of the cell to transmit impulses along their cell membrane (special property of nerve cells)

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Conductivity

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A process by which materials gain access to the cell either by diffusion or pinocytosis

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Endocytosis

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“Pinching off of the cell membrane”.

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Pinocytosis

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Engulfment and uptake of particulate matter

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Phagocytosis

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The exit of materials from the cell

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Exocytosis

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30
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Cell size varies per cell

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❑ Sperm 3-5 µm
❑ RBC 5 – 7 µm
❑ Hepatocyte 30 – 50 µm
❑ Egg cell – 100 µm

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CELL SIDES/SURFACES

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❑ Apical
❑ Lateral
❑ Basal
❖ Polarized

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Cell is divided into:

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❑ Cytoplasm
❑ Nucleus

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o Number varies from 1,2 or several to none at all as in the case of
mammalian RBC

o Shape also varies from round,
crescent shape or lobulated as in the
case of some WBC

o Position varies also from central,
paracentral to eccentrical location

o An interphase nucleus has four distinct

components:
• Nuclear membrane or envelope
• Karyolymph or nuclear sap
• Chromatin
• Nucleolus

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Nucleus

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A darkly basophilic membrane

▪ ultrastructurally, an outer and inner membrane exists separated by a
perinuclear space or cisterna

▪ perinuclear space and outer
membrane are contious with the RER

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Nuclear membrane

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The matrix of the nucleus and the soluble
phase of the nuclear material

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Nuclear sap or karyolymph

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A term used to describe any area in the nucleus suspected to contain DNA and its bound proteins

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Chromatin

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The condensed form of chromatin which stains deeply with basic dyes and is metabolically inert

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Heterochromatin

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A distinguishable heterochromatin believed to contain
the X chromosome

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Barr body

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non- membrane bound component of the nucleus which may occur freely or attached to the inner nuclear
membrane

✓composed of granular and
filamentous materials both of
which contain RNA

✓Is the center for the synthesis of
RNA (ribosomes)

✓May occur singly or more in the
cell and this determines the
malignancy of a cell

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Nucleolus

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40
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Gen’ly is acidophilic composed
of three major constituents:
• grounsubstance/hyaloplasm/cytoplasm matrix,
• organelles and
• inclusion bodies

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Cytoplasm

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An admixture of H2O, CHON,CHO, organic and inorganic salts

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Ground substance

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42
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The only non-membranous cell organelle

•synthesize proteins for intracellular use
• are RNA containing bodies in the nucleus and cytoplasm of the cell
• in the nucleus, they are found in the nuclear matrix of the nucleolus
• in the cytoplasm, they occur as free ribosomes individually or in groups called polyribosomes or polysomes or attached to the RER

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Ribosomes

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The membranous organelles :

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▪ Cell membrane/plasma memb/ plasmalemma and cell coat
▪ Endoplasmic reticulum (smooth & rough)
▪ Golgi apparatus
▪ Mitochondria
▪ Lysosomes

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44
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25-75% of the weight of cell membrane

Distinguished according to function
❑ Structural proteins
❑ Ectoenzymes
❑ Transportation proteins
❑ Receptors

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Membrane Protein

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45
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2-10% of the weight of cell membrane; covalently bound to
membrane proteins (glycoproteins) or membrane lipids (glycolipids)

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Membrane Carbohydrates

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All the carbohydrate chains at the surface of a cell

❑ Location of blood group properties
❑ Binding site for pathogens and toxin
❑ Cell-cell recognition
❑ Cell adhesion

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Glycocalyx

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A system of hollow structures either
tubules or flattened vesicles
(cisterna) extending throughout
the cytoplasm.

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Endoplasmic Reticulum

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48
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Continuous with the nuclear
membrane studded with ribosomes (appears basophilic due to ribonucleoproteins )

Functions:
1. Protein synthesis destined for secretion
( e.g. digestive enzyme)
2. Glycogen biosynthesis
3. prod’n of degrative enzymes e.g.
glucose-6- PO4

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Rough Endoplasmic Reticulum

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–not studded with ribosomes, thus has no distinct staining characteristics
- less extensive than RER except in
certain cells like hepatocytes

Functions:
1. Participates in glycogen metabolism,
synthesis
2. Participates in ion concentration,
distribution and detoxification of certain
substances
3. Believed to contribute to the formation of
golgi apparatus

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Smooth Endoplasmic Reticulum

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  • has a lamellated profile (4 or more) usually dilated sacks or cisternae; has 2 faces:
  1. convex face or immature/ formative/trans face- closely associated with transfer vesicle from RER
  2. concave or mature/open/cis face- intimately associated with secretory vesicles in various stages of condensation and maturation

Functions:
1. Participates in the dynamic turnover of cell membrane
2. Participates in the concentration and packaging of secretory products
3.synthesize polysaccharides
4. Repository of vitamin C
5. Participates in the formation of lysosomes

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Golgi apparatus

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•appears as thread or granules which could be stained specifically with
special stain called janus green B

• number varies in the cell depending on the energy requirements of the cell

•ultrastucturally, mitochondria appears as double membrane structure composed of outer and inner walls

• inner wall forms plate like or tubular folds called mitochondrial cristae

Functions:
1. Site of kreb’s citric acid cycle
2. Contains enzymes for oxidative
phosphorylation and fatty acid oxidation
3. Contains DNA & RNA thus possessing
some genetic and protein synthetic potentials

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Mitochondria

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▪ this membrane bound particles
contain hydrolytic enzymescollectively called acid hydrolases

▪ specific granules of the basophils,
eosinophils and neutrophils are
representative of lysosomes believed
to come from golgi apparatus as
primary or inactive lysosomes

Functions:
1. intracellular digestion of materials
taken in by the cells
2. autolysis
3. post mortem degeneration

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Lysosome

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  • are two small bodies contained within an area of the cytoplasm known as centrosphere
  • ultra-structurally, are seen as two cylindrical unit oriented to each other
  • each cylinder is composed of nine groups of three tubules
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Centrioles

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  • composed of proteins, tubulin which are similar to the action of muscle cell: are found in cilia, flagella and spermatids
  • ultra-structure of cilia is composed of 9 doublets (axonemes) connected by nexin and 2 microtubule singlet

• A microtubule (13 protofilaments; complete)

B microtubule (11 protofilaments; incomplete)

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Microtubules

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❑ Either absorbed or generated
❑ Pigments, reserved and stored
materials

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Inclusion bodies

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finger-shaped; strengthened by 20-30 actin filaments; immobile or passively mobile; brush border
(intestinal cells)

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Microvilli

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long; finger-shaped; apical border of
columnar cells (epididymal epithelium and hair cells in inner
ear)

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Stereocilia/villi

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ridge-like folds (lateral or apical cell membrane)

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Microplicae

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motile; lash-shaped; can occur singly (spermatozoa) or in complexes (epithelium of fallopian tube and trachea)

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Cilia

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mechanically attaching cells to other cells or to extracellular matrix

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Anchoring Junction

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button-like cell-cell contacts occur in epithelial cells. (Intermediate filaments)

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Desmosome (macula adhaerens)

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connection of cells to the extracellular matrix (actin filaments)

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Hemidesmosome

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mechanically attaching cells
to other cells or to ECM

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Anchoring Junction

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belt desomosome; with bundles of parallel actin filaments

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Adhesion junction- (zonula adhaerens)

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Integral membrane proteins which form an extracellular connection with the same (homophile) or other
(heterophile) integral membrane proteins

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Adhesion Proteins

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It can adhere only in the presence of Calcium

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Cadherin

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The glucose-binding protein

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Selectin

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It allows cell to adhere to ECM

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Integrin

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Transcellular
protein channels composed of 6 connexins

Function - Metabolic coordination,
electrical coupling

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Connexon (hemichannel)

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Strands of globular transmembrane protein sealing the intercellular gap

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Zonula Occludens (Tight Junction)

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Internal supporting and movement apparatus

Function:
❑ Modification and maintenance of cell shape
❑ Specialized cell appendages
❑ Directed intercellular transportation
❑ Positioning of the cell nucleus and other organelles
❑ Cell motility
❑ Cell division

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CYTOSKELETON

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❑ 5-8nm thick
❑ 5-20% of total protein; present in all cells
❑ Actin is the basic unit
❑ Globular actin — Filamentary actin

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Actin Filaments

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❑ 8-10nm thick
❑ Protein subunit with tail and head
section
❑ Monomer- dimer- tetramer—
intermediate filament
❑ Globular actin — Filamentary actin

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Intermediate Filaments

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❑ 25nm thick
❑ α and β-tubulin dimers
❑ 13 protofilaments— microtubule

Tubulin is highly conserved protein

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Microtubules

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Specialization of cells

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• Muscle cell – contraction
• Nerve cells – impulse transmission
• Gland cells – synthesis and discharge of enzymes
• Macrophage – intracellular digestion

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Differentiate into any cell type

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Totipotent

77
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Differentiate into cells from any of the three germ layers

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Pluripotent

78
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❑ Extracellular matrix
- Collagen fibers, interstitial fluid

❑Basement membrane

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INTERCELLULAR SUBSTANCE

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•A group of more or less similar cells and their extracellular products
performing a variety of related functions

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TISSUE

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Four basic type of tissue

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o Epithelial tissue
o Connective and supportive tissue
o Muscle tissue
o Nervous tissue

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Living components of the tissue

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Cell

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Non- living materials produced by the cells

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Intercellular substance

83
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Liquid component of the tissue located between cells.

▪ Cerebro-spinal fluid
▪ Synovial fluid
▪ Blood

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Fluids

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Fibrous in nature
• Collagen
• Elastic
• Reticular fibers

A

Formed substance

85
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A semi solid to firm gel in consistency

A

Amorphous substance

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Free border

A

▪ Apical or luminal

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Surface in contact with adjacent cells

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▪Lateral

88
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Border in contact with the underlying basal lamina

A

▪Basal

89
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A tissue composed of closely aggregated cells in opposition over a
large part of their surfaces and having a very little intercellular space.

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EPITHELIAL TISSUE

90
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No blood supply of its own

A

Avascular

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Three Major types of Epithelial Tissue

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1.Covering (surface) and lining epithelium-
2.Special epithelium
3.Glandular epithelium

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Basis in naming epithelium

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▪ Shape of surface cell
▪ Number of cell layer

93
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Contain only one layer of cell

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Simple epithelium

94
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Has two or more layers of cell

A

Stratified epithelium

95
Q

(false) consists only of a single layer of that rest on the basal lamina but not all reaching the apical surface.
Cells reaching the apical surface are tall columnar cells with nuclei located on a higher level while those not reaching the surface are shorter cells with nuclei located on a lower level,
thus, appearing multi layered

A

Pseudostratified epithelium

96
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Cells are polygon on surface
view and thin, elongated on longitudinal view

A

Squamous epithelium

97
Q

Short, as tall as they are wide

A

Cuboidal epithelium

98
Q

Rectangular, taller than they are wide

A

Columnar epithelium

99
Q

Cytoplasm is sparse, only nucleus is
visible

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Simple squamous epithelium

99
Q

Cytoplasm is sparse, only nucleus is
visible

A

Simple squamous epithelium

100
Q

It present four equal sides with
round nuclei located at
the center of the cells

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Simple cuboidal epithelium

101
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  • Composed of taller than are wide
    cells with oval nuclei located parabasally
  • Other cell types are present
    (goblet cells, hormone-producing cells)
  • Evident microvilli
A

Simple columnar epithelium

102
Q

▪found in large ducts of exocrine
glands

A

Simple clumnar epithelium with
typical columnar cells

103
Q

▪ Cells are also similar but differes from the typical columnar cells by
their vacoulated cytoplasm due to dissolution of mucin granules during paraffin technique

▪ Found the stomach, abomasum
and cervix

A

SCE with mucous secreting columnar cells

104
Q

• the secretory cell is the goblet and the absorptive is a typical columnar cell that have microvilli (tiny finger-like projections) on their
apical/ luminal borders

•Found in the small and large intestine

A

Simple columnar with both secretory and absorptive cells

105
Q

Columnar cells present cilia (hair like projections in their apical borders) instead of microvilli.

▪ Found only in trachea
▪ Also known as the pseudostratified columnar ciliated epithelium

A

Simple columnar epithelium with both secretory and ciliated cells

106
Q

– (false) only of a single layer of cell that rest on the basal lamina — but not all reach the apical surface.

  • cells reaching the apical surface are tall columnar cells with nuclei located on a higher level
  • while those not reaching the surface are shorter cells with nuclei located on a lower level, thus, appearing multi layered
A

Pseudostratified columnar epithelium

107
Q
  • pillow-shaped surface epithelial cell (=covering cells)
  • intermediate cells
  • 1-2 basale layers (cuboidal to columnar cells)
  • description as pseudostratified or stratified
A

Transitional epithelium

108
Q

Rounded surface cells

A

Unstretched

109
Q

Flattened and elongated cells

A

Stretched

110
Q

Classification; Number of cell layer
❑Stratified Epithelium

A

• Stratified Squamous keratinized
• Stratified Squamous non-
keratinized
• Stratified Cuboidal
• Stratified Columnar

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Q

❑ two or more layers of cells
❑ Classification depends on the shape of
the outermost cells

A

STRATIFIED EPITHELIAL
TISSUE

112
Q

■ composed of several layers of cells: deepest cells are
columnar or cuboidal cells resting on the basement membrane;
■ middle layer are polyhedral or polygonal cells
■ and the superficial layer are squamous cells;
■ lines the inner surfaces of the body exposed to considerable wear and tear such as the esophagus, vagina etc ;
■ covers the outer surfaces of the body such as the epidermis of the skin;

A

STRATIFIED SQUAMOUS EPITHELIUM NON KERATINIZED

113
Q
  • covers also the outer surfaces of the body such as the epidermis of the skin;
  • superficial cells undergo metamorphosis into tough non-living layer of keratin
  • Keratin prevents fluid from evaporating and keeps the body from absorbing water when one is taking a bath,

-impervious to bacteria- hence a first line of defense against infection

A

Stratified squamous epithelium keratinized

114
Q
  • Composed of two layers only: basal layer of cuboidal cells and superficial columnar cells
  • found only in the fornix of the conjunctiva, cavernous urethra; large excretory ducts of exocrine glands
A

STRATIFIED COLUMNAR EPITHELIUM

115
Q

Function of Surface Epithelium

A

❑ Protection– skin
❑ Absorption– active or passive absorption (intestine)
❑ Transport– epididymis, trachea
❑ Excretion – ureter, urethra

116
Q

Increase absorption surface (intestinal epithelium)

A

Microvilli

117
Q

long microvilli; non-motile (epididymis; haircells)

A

Stereocilia/villi

118
Q

motile (tracheal and bronchial epithelium; uterine epithelium)

A

Kinocilia (brush border)

119
Q

A unit of cells, which are specialised for the synthesis and secretion of secretory products (secretions).

A

Glandular Epithelium

120
Q

Glands which secret out of the body and therefore are provided with ducts

A

Exocrine

121
Q

Glands w/out ducts or glands of internal secretion, secretions poured into closely associated capillaries

A

Endocrine

122
Q

Location of glandular epithelium

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  1. Intraepithelial
    ■ Unicellular– goblet cells (intestinal epithelium)
    ■ Multicellular– epithelium of nasal cavity
  2. Extraepithelial– located in the underlying connective tissue, always multicellular, secretion is produced in secretory units and reach by a duct system
123
Q

Shaped of secretory units

A

• Simple - unbranched duct, which may be straight or coiled

• Compound - shows a repeated branching pattern of the ducts

124
Q

Methods of Secretion

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  1. Endocrine glands – secrete products directly into the
    surrounding connective tissue
    ■ Paracrine – target cell is nearby
    ■ Autocrine – target is the same cell
  2. Exocrine glands – secretes product through a duct
125
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Mode of Secretion

A

a) Merocrine (eccrine) – released by exocytosis (sweat glands, salivary gland)

b) Apocrine – released by apocytosis (sweat glands)

c) Holocrine – whole cell (sebaceous gland)

126
Q

Nature and Type of Secretory Product

A

❑Serous glands – pyramid-shape, narrow lumen, produce watery thin secretion; rich in protein and enzymes

❑Mucous glands – wife lumen, produce thick, viscous product; rich in mucin

❑Mixed glands- serous “end pieces” are lying cap-shaped on the mucus ones= serous Gianuzzi-demilunes, secrete combination of serous and mucous